Repeal of the Proposition 19 Death Tax Will Miss the November 2022 Ballot

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced that its Repeal of the Death Tax initiative did not secure the needed signatures in time to qualify for the November ballot, but lauded the efforts of more than 13,000 volunteers who collected over 402,000 signatures to reverse the tax hike that was a little-known provision of 2020’s Proposition 19.

The Repeal the Death Tax Act would restore the ability of parents to pass their home and a limited amount of other property to their children without re-assessment, keeping the tax bill the same. Reassessment to current market value can result in a tax increase so steep that children are forced to sell the property.

The measure needed 997,139 valid signatures of registered voters by Mary 3 to qualify for the 2022 ballot. The campaign collected more than 25% of the needed signatures, a threshold that triggers a required informational hearing in the legislature.

Many people are still unaware of the nasty tax hike that is now imposed on families who have just lost a parent. Proposition 19 is a new unfair tax that is unnecessary. California has a budget surplus of over $100 billion. California feels that is does not need another tax increase!

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